"It's been a long two days," said Ben Spies. "We had a lot of work to do with Jorge not being here but we’ve got through everything. I think we got the guys working in the right direction, we're still quite a way from Qatar and what we'll be racing with but we've got a good idea of what we need to work on."

Rider Ben Spies spent the sessions working through two differing engine specifications and a number of frame and geometry settings on the 2012 1000cc YZR-M1.

Stefan Bradle will ride his rookie MotoGP campaign for the LCR Honda team.

Bradley Smith will move up to the premier class with Tech 3 Yamaha in 2013.

MotoGP fans took to the 3.36-mile Brno circuit on a wide array of machinery.

The Brno circuit hosted a claimed 1349 riders for a Marco Simoncelli tribute ride at the Czech circuit.

The Brno grid swells to capacity with a 1349-rider strong tribute ride for Marco Simoncelli.

Carmelo Ezpeleta is considering implementing control ECU's and rev limiters to help cut costs in MotoGP in 2014.

This final testing day of 2011 saw both riders fine tuning elements of their 2012, 1000cc machine. As well as testing the new 2012 Bridgestone tires, both riders worked on general set up of the machines.

"Everything has gone pretty well to be honest, on the first day we just needed to compare the bike to the one we tested earlier in the year. There have been a few small improvements especially in terms of the bike working with the new 2012 tires." - Casey Stoner - Valencia Test

Casey Stoner will look to defend his winning record at Phillip Island in the penultimate round of the 2012 season.

Construction on the Circuit of the Americas track near Austin. The COTA has been embroiled in controversy shortly after its inception, with lawsuits surrounding its opening Formula 1 and MotoGP events.

Proposed Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The plans to host MotoGP in 2013 have fallen into doubt during legal wranglings.

Frank Melling offers these classic race tires as a solution to just one of the problems he sees as plaguing MotoGP.

Colin Edwards is now on the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team for the MotoGP Series with Alex De Anegis and Yuki Takahashi.

The Circuit of the Americas has finalized its deal to host a third USGP round in 2013, the MotoGP paddock visiting Texas on April 19-21.

Long time Honda Repsol Rider Dani Pedrosa will be teaming up with rising star Marc Marquez for the 2013-2014 MotoGP seasons.

"We had another good day of testing today. Basically we've been working on the engine mapping, to better manage the power of the bike, and with the rear shock. The changes we've done on the bike from Brno to here have been positive and we finish the year with a good feeling." - Dani Pedrosa - Valencia Test

Yamaha revealed its 2012 livery at the Jerez circuit prior to the preseason test.

Factory Yamaha 2012

Factory Yamaha M1 2012

Carbon brakes anyone?

Lorenzo thumbs up at the Jerez team presentation.

Best buddies on the Factory Yamaha team. Spies will be feeling the pressure in year three, with Dovizioso pressing aboard the Tech 3 satellite.

Casey Stoner got back in the saddle, and back on top of the timesheet, on Day 2 of the Sepang Winter Test.

Casey Stoner has undergone ankle surgery in his native Australia to repair damage caused during his Indianapolis GP qualifying crash.

Casey Stoner delivered stunning news at the MotoGP press conference at Le Mans, annoucing his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 season.

Stoner leaves Sepang with a aching back and not more than 50 laps under his belt, but the defending champ still busted the standing record - the first MotoGP rider to dip under the two minute mark at the Malaysian circuit.

Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso show off their new livery design for the 2012 MotoGP season with Monster Energy Yamaha.

Valentino Rossi signs some autographs at the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.

Ducati finished testing in Mugello, trying different configurations of the engine, electronics and chassis, among which was a new aluminum swingarm.

Valentino Rossi at Sepang before race officials called off the contest due to unsafe weather.

"These were two important days of testing because we needed to collect a lot of data for the next few months of work, which will be crucial." - Valentino Rossi - Valencia 1000cc testing

Anthony West was slated to move up from his Moto2 MZ gig to an Aprilia-powered CRT in MotoGP. But a lack of sponsorship has the Australian out of his promised Speed Master CRT seat, and for now out of GP racing entirely.

The Ducati team once again met on the Alpine slopes for Wrooom.

Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow participated in a commemorative video in preparation for Laguna Seca, each with his own Dodge Challenger.